Vineyard Insight: Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Saint-Georges

One of the most controversial vineyards in Burgundy these years is Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Saint-Georges. By some seen as the best vineyard of the Nuits-Saint-Georges appellation, and a cadidate for promotion to grand cru .. others see it as a good 1er cru but perhaps not among the very top terroirs in Nuits-Saint-Georges.

Photo: Les Saint-Georges seen from the bottom of the vineyard – source Google Street View

While I don’t think it deserves a promotion to Grand Cru … just like most other top 1er crus in other appellations … I do find the terroir interesting and I have had some quite good wines from this vineyard … but I have yet to discover the magic of this terroir.

So lets take a closer look at Les Saint-Georges.

Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Saint-Georges the vineyard!

Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Saint-Georges is located in the southern end of the “main” NSG appellation .. i.e. between the Premeaux appellation, which also is a part of Nuits-Saint-Georges these days, and the city of Nuits-Saint-Georges.

It’s located just north of Les Didiers (Premeaux) and just south of Les Cailles and below Les Vaucrains and Chaines Carteaux – see map below.

The area of Les Saint-Georges is 7.4825 ha if one sums the area of the individual plots. Lavalle1 quote the area as 8 ha as does Rodier4 – wheras the area is 7.5365 ha in the 1861 classification2.

The historic ownership of Les Saint-Georges

The ownership of Les Saint-Georges is well documented in the usual sources, and so is the current ownership.

Lavalle1 (1855) mention the following owners of Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Saint-Georges:

MM. Marey – 2.25 ha

Duret – 1.70 ha

Coirier

De Lupe – 0.90 ha

Marey-Monge (General) – 0.65 ha

Moving on to Danguy and Aubertin3 – they show an even more fragmented ownership picture:

André (colonel)

Faiveley-Bordeux

Claude Gaguet

Gautheret-Jouard

Armand Gautheron

L’Hospice de Nuits

Mlle Jouard

Emile Jouard

Comte Liger-Belair

Marey-Monge

Mayol de Luppé

de Morot de Grésigny

Roux-Jouard

Eugéne Sirugue

Maurice Thomas

We see some of the current owners (Faiveley, Liger-Belair and L’hospices de Nuits) and what seems to be a further fragmentation of the 1855 ownership.

In Rodier4 1920 the number of owners is reduced somewhat.

Bourgogne

G. Faiveley

Robert Garnier

Gautheret-Jouard

Hospices de Nuits

A. Japiot

Liger-Belair

de Lupé

J.B. Rollet

Roux-Maybon

Moillard-Grivot

Mme. de Tulle

The current producers on Les Saint-Georges

There are currently 13 producers on Nuits-Saint-Georges Les Saint-Georges with a dominance of estates located in Nuits-Saint-Georges appellation – see also map below.

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